CHAMPUS

CHAMPUS

CHAMPUS

CHAMPUS

Civilian Health & Medical Program for Uniformed Services A health care plan for military dependents and retirees operated by the DoD Types of service HMO, PPO, and fee-for-service, through a single health plan known as TriCare

CHAMPUS

Abbreviation for Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services.

Despite the drop in military manpower, CHAMPUS costs rose rapidly, partly due to costs of medical care and partly from changing beneficiary demographics: the Cold War military was retiring and getting care through CHAMPUS rather than MTFs.

They can use military treatment facilities (MTFs) operated by the various branches of the armed forces, or use an alternative insurance program called CHAMPUS, which under certain circumstances provides insurance coverage for health care provided through civilian physicians and hospitals.

For example, we had terminals dedicated to processing only CHAMPUS claims, and separate terminals for processing Medicare claims and transmitting them to the direct dial entry (DDE) port at our fiscal intermediary, Mutual of Omaha.

While in the past, government support was funded through the NCI budget, support now comes from the CHAMPUS budget, and presumably reflects the view that these dollars represent individual patient care costs.

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